Free Webcast on Human Trafficking - Dec. 14, 2011
Under a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, The National Judicial College is presenting Human Trafficking: An Educational Webcast for Judges. The program will be held on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The 1.25-hour webcast is described below.
To register for the webcast, judges simply need to click on this web address: http://tinyurl.com/3awycla, find the human trafficking course in NJC’s list (easiest to find by date), click on the course, click register, and enter the required information. Please contact the registrar’s office at (800) 255-8343 if you have any difficulties in registering for the webcast.
Description:
The United States of America is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons. Yet, the majority of local, county and state law enforcement perceive human trafficking as rare or non-existent in their local communities. However, law enforcement agencies in human trafficking task forces perceive the problem of labor trafficking as 2 to 3 times more prevalent than their non-task force colleagues. Likewise, task force agencies perceived sex trafficking to be 3 to 4 times more prevalent than their non-task task force colleagues. Consequently, it is apparent that human trafficking is occurring in the vast majority of U.S. communities. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its reauthorizations enhance preexisting criminal penalties, afford new protection to trafficking victims, and make available certain benefits and services to victims of severe forms of trafficking. Furthermore, 47 of 50 states have state statutes that address human trafficking which will result in a greater number of state prosecutions as human trafficking task forces and local law enforcement build cases against all forms of trafficking. This 1.25-hour webcast is for state trial judges who will confront these cases as task forces and law enforcement attack the problem. The curriculum is funded through the Unites States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in partnership with the Upper Midwest Community Policing Institute the National Association of Attorneys General, and The National Judicial College.
After participating in the webcast, judges will be able to:
1) Describe how the Trafficking Victim Protection Act of 2000 and subsequent state laws that it has inspired have changed previous definitions of slavery;
2) Define how force, fraud, and coercion are employed against victims in modern human trafficking cases; and
3) Apply human trafficking statutes to case studies.